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Marriott takes $126m GDPR charge over Starwood hotel reservation system data breach

06 August 2019 • 1 min read

Marriott has set aside the cash to cover an anticipated £99m fine under GDPR for its November 2018 security breach

Marriott has taken a $126 million charge in the latest quarterly results to cover an anticipated £99 million GDPR fine over its November 2018 data breach. It comes just a month after the Inform...

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